Lovemore kronos Kunorozva

• Postdoctoral Research Associate
• Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School

Objective The objective of the present study was to describe eye illness among athletes with disability. Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. Participants Five hundred forty-seven athletes over 12 days (6564 athlete days) at Sochi 2014 and 567 athletes over 12 days (6804 athlete days)...

Objectives: The objective of this review was to evaluate the diagnosis and treatment of advanced and delayed sleep-wake phase disorders (ASWPD, DSWPD), both forms of circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders (CRSWDs) using both human reviewers and ChatGTP to summarize relevant content. Methods: PubMed-Medline, EbscoHost, and Web of Science were searche...

Circadian rhythms are important biological processes that are essential to human health and well-being. These rhythms are generated by the internal “body clock” and regulate the sleep-wake cycle and numerous physiological processes. Mutations (i.e., changes in circadian genes) from one generation to the next including underlying genetic issues whic...

Objective Osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of impairment. Research has shown that individuals with unilateral lower limb amputation (ULLA) are 17 times more likely to develop OA on their sound side limb. Therefore, this review aimed to describe similarities and differences in the biomechanical loading variables of individuals with OA and those...

The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate eye illnesses in Para athletes in the Winter and Summer settings. A search was conducted using PubMed-Medline, EbscoHost, and Web of Science for full-text original research articles published anytime until November 2022. Studies that reported quantitative data on eye illness in highly active individ...

Background: Engagement in risk behaviours adopted during university continues after graduation, increasing the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This systematic review aimed to investigate the prevalence of NCD risk behaviours amongst South African university students. Methods: PubMed and Scopus databases were searched (January 1990-Apri...

Study Objectives: To test the feasibility of a novel at-home salivary Dim Light Melatonin Onset (DLMO) assessment protocol to measure the endogenous circadian phase of 10 individuals ( 1 Advanced Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder patient (ASWPD), 4 Delayed Sleep-Wake Phase Disorder patients (DSWPD), and 5 controls). Methods: The study involved 10 participa...

Objectives The aim of this study was to explore elite Para athletes´ and coaches´ perceptions of experiences of athlete health monitoring. Materials and Methods This study used a qualitative design, applying a phenomenographical approach. Thirteen athletes and six coaches from two different socioeconomic contexts (the Swedish and South African Par...

Inter-individual variability exists in recovery from jetlag following travel across time zones. Part of this variation may be due to genetic differences at the variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism of the PERIOD3 (PER3) gene as this polymorphism has been associated with chronotype and sleep, as well as sensitivity to blue light on melat...

Elite Para athletes report a high incidence of sports injuries, illnesses and other health issues. Despite this, there are few prevention programmes in Para sport, and many of the existing prevention programmes are not adapted to Para athletes. To improve the success of preventive measures, it has been suggested that sports safety work should facil...

Objective To review risk factors associated with acute respiratory illness (ARill) in athletes, including non-infectious ARill and suspected or confirmed acute respiratory infections (ARinf). Design Systematic review. Data sources Electronic databases: PubMed-Medline, EbscoHost and Web of Science. Eligibility criteria Original research articles...

Objective To determine the incidence of acute respiratory illness (ARill) in athletes and by method of diagnosis, anatomical classification, ages, levels of performance and seasons. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Electronic databases: PubMed-Medline, EbscoHost and Web of Science. Eligibility criteria Original research a...

Background Sports-related concussion (SRC) is a common injury mostly in contact sports. Specifically, it is a public health concern for collegiate rugby athletes because at least one concussion is reported in every two games and concussion has been reported to increase the risk of developing neuro-degenerative disorders later in life.AimTo clinical...

Background: Sports-related concussion (SRC) is an injury with important implications, especially in collision and contact sports, and has a high symptom burden. Student athletes face particular psychosocial challenges, especially female students with pre-existing anxiety/depression are at increased risk for SRC, and have a higher symptom burden bef...

Background: Sports-related concussion (SRC) is an injury with important implications, especially in collision and contact sports, and has a high symptom burden. Student athletes face particular psychosocial challenges, especially female students with pre-existing anxiety/depression are at increased risk for SRC, and have a higher symptom burden be...

Introduction: Sports-related concussion is a common injury mostly in contact sports and is a public health concern for collegiate rugby athletes because at least one concussion is reported in every two games. Thus, a regular clinical audit of concussions is warranted in order to provide objective data pertaining to the injury so that pattern recogn...

Sport-related concussion (SRC) is an important injury with high burden. Evidence suggests that student athletes may face particular psycho-social challenges. Female students with comorbid anxiety / depression have increased risk for SRC, and higher symptom burden before and after injury. Yet, little research has been conducted in this area of inter...

Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that interact with the surfaces of liquids leading to many useful applications. Most biosurfactants have been identified from cultured microbial sources, leaving a largely untapped resource of uncultured bacteria with potentially novel biosurfactant structures. To access the uncultured bacteria, a metagenomi...

The published online version contains mistake in the author list. Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that interact with the surfaces of liquids leading to many useful applications. Most biosurfactants have been identified from cultured microbial sources, leaving a largely untapped resource of uncultured bacteria with potentially novel biosur...

Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that interact with the surfaces of liquids leading to many useful applications. Most biosurfactants have been identified from cultured microbial sources, leaving a largely untapped resource of uncultured bacteria with potentially novel biosurfactant structures. To access the uncultured bacteria, a metagenomi...

Individual sport athletes have been shown to comprise unusually high proportions of morning-types (MTs) coupled with a higher prevalence of the morningness-associated PERIOD3 variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) allele, PER3(5). The degree to which type of sport selected is influenced by either chronotype or genotype, or the extent to which sportin...

The Impact of Circadian Rhythms on Sports Performance: A Study of Travelling Sports Teams Lovemore Kunorozva, PhD candidate1; Dr. Laura Roden1 and Dr. Dale Rae2 1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, 2UCT/MRC Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Uni...

Abstract A recent study found that South African endurance athletes are likely to be morning-types and carry the PER3(5) allele, which has been associated with a preference for mornings. The aim of this study was to measure the response of morning-type cyclists to a standardised bout of exercise performed at different times of the day. Participants...

A link between diurnal preference and a variable number tandem-repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in the PERIOD3 gene (PER3) has been demonstrated: the longer PER3 and shorter PER3 alleles with preferences for mornings and evenings, respectively. As many competitive events in South Africa for individual athletes are scheduled for the early mornings, we hyp...